The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-17
SCIENCE AND INpusrv.
"A steinsd-glass factory is to b


"A stained-glass factory Is to be
started at Lynchburg, Va.
--"Crusbed bamboo is new paper
making material, and Is used with the
most satisfactory results.
"A. prize of $500 has been offered
for the production Of the best practical
elementary textbook Of tropical agri-
culture specially applicable to Jamaica,
manuscripts to be submitted to the gov
ernment of Jamaica on or before Au-
gust /, 1883. --Arhansaw Traveller.
--Of late years much careful atten-
tion has been devoted by physicians to
the relations between the temperature
aud the death-rate due to different dis
eases. One Of the facts most clearly
established in this field Of investigation
is the hostility of a high temperature
to the diffusion Of smallpox. Heat has
most marked effect in checking the
prevalence of this tlrcsded malady.-
N. Y. Ledger.
Though discovered in 1879, saccha-
rine is just beginning to be manufact-
ured on n large scale, near Magdc-
burg, Prussia. Having 500 times the
sweetening power Of cane sugar. this
remarkable product is adapted to many
uses. It is expected to be especially
valuable in medicine on account of
its absolute harmlessness. -Arbansaao
Traveller.
The production of locomotives in
Europe during the year 1886 amounted
in England to 2,2C<; Germany, 5000;
France, 1000; Belgium, 500; Austria,
400; Switzerland, 1870; Italy, 20; Sweden,
50 Russia, 10, and Holland, 20; in all,
6,400 engines. The largest works in
the world are the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, in Philadelphia, which are ca
pable of turning out 600 per year.
Borsig, in Berlin, can produce 800 in
that time.
There have recently been dis
covered in the high Alps. near the sum-
init of the great st. Bernard, five large
granite affairs and number of other
relics of the stone age, such as axes.
knives. etc., used in the pagan epochs
for sacrifices. Swiss writers emphasize
the historical Importance of this discov-
cry, in that is a proof that st. Bernard
was place of sacrifice in pagan times,
and also that as far back as tho age of
stone the Canton Valais was inhabited
by human beings. Public Opinion.
The wheat-growing interests of the
Northwest, the mining interests of the
far West, and the eotton-growing in
terests of the South are counting on a
great increase ia demand from home
sources on account of the spread of
population in those regions. The low
price Of wheat for years past has kept
the farming interests close to the wall,
but with the spread of industrial Gu
pacity toward the Rocky mountains
brighter prospects are looming up and
better prices are in sight. The same
influences are ut work in the South
Public Opinion.
"A a recent meeting of the Academy
of Natural Sciences, the president, DR..
Leidy, stated that he had recently re-
ceived for examination from the Geo.
logical Survey in Washington a collec-
ton of fossil bones from ten miles east
of Archer, Levy County, Fla. The
specimens are generally much broken,
although the original texture is mostly
preserved and they show no trace of
being rolled or Water worn. They con-
sist chiefly of the remains of rhinoceros,
mastadon and llama. A new species
of horse was also indicated by teeth and
ankle bones. for which the name Hippo
therium plicatile was proposed. Boston
Budget. ,
There will be five eclipses in 1889,
three of the sun and two of the moon.
A total eclipse of the sun will occur
January l. partly visible at Washing
ton as partial eclipse, the sun setting
eclipsed. The second eclipse. being a
partial eclipse of the moon. will occur
January 16, visible at Washington and
generally in Europe. Africa, North and
South America, and the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. The third will be an
annular eclipse of the sun, June 27. in
visible at Washington. The fourth
will be IL partial eclipse of the moon.
July -, invisible ut Washington, but
visible generally in Europe. Asia, AZ
RIGA, Australia, the Atlantic ocean. and
the casterly portion Of South America.
| The fifth will be total eclipse of the